A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
List
edit| Country | Physicians per 10,000 people |
Year |
|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan
|
2.535 | 2020 |
 Albania
|
18.826 | 2020 |
 Algeria
|
9.868 | 2019 |
 Andorra
|
36.262 | 2015 |
 Angola
|
2.443 | 2022 |
 Anguilla
|
15.132 | 2018 |
 Antigua and Barbuda
|
28.979 | 2017 |
 Argentina
|
40.818 | 2022 |
 Armenia
|
31.174 | 2019 |
 Australia
|
39.812 | 2021 |
 Austria
|
55.083 | 2022 |
 Azerbaijan
|
30.933 | 2020 |
 Bahamas
|
18.546 | 2017 |
 Bahrain
|
8.420 | 2016 |
 Bangladesh
|
6.700 | 2021 |
 Barbados
|
29.652 | 2022 |
 Belarus
|
44.696 | 2020 |
 Belgium
|
63.932 | 2022 |
 Belize
|
10.809 | 2018 |
 Benin
|
1.953 | 2022 |
 Bhutan
|
5.521 | 2022 |
 Bolivia
|
12.688 | 2021 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
23.183 | 2019 |
 Botswana
|
3.775 | 2022 |
 Brazil
|
21.420 | 2021 |
 Brunei
|
19.129 | 2021 |
 Bulgaria
|
48.962 | 2022 |
 Burkina Faso
|
1.466 | 2022 |
 Burundi
|
0.647 | 2021 |
 Côte d'Ivoire
|
1.751 | 2022 |
 Cape Verde
|
44.579 | 2022 |
 Cambodia
|
2.143 | 2019 |
 Cameroon
|
1.347 | 2022 |
 Canada
|
24.970 | 2022 |
 Central African Republic
|
0.209 | 2021 |
 Chad
|
0.850 | 2022 |
 Chile
|
31.700 | 2022 |
 China
|
25.183 | 2021 |
 Colombia
|
24.512 | 2021 |
 Comoros
|
4.391 | 2020 |
 Congo
|
1.745 | 2022 |
 Cook Islands
|
13.450 | 2019 |
 Costa Rica
|
26.359 | 2022 |
 Croatia
|
36.098 | 2021 |
 Cuba
|
94.285 | 2021 |
 Cyprus
|
35.517 | 2021 |
 Czech Republic
|
42.539 | 2021 |
 Denmark
|
43.810 | 2020 |
 Djibouti
|
2.032 | 2014 |
 Dominica
|
11.158 | 2018 |
 Dominican Republic
|
22.347 | 2022 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
1.868 | 2022 |
 Ecuador
|
23.075 | 2020 |
 Egypt
|
6.827 | 2020 |
 El Salvador
|
15.518 | 2022 |
 Equatorial Guinea
|
1.427 | 2022 |
 Eritrea
|
0.706 | 2022 |
 Estonia
|
34.379 | 2021 |
 Eswatini
|
15.911 | 2022 |
 Ethiopia
|
1.080 | 2022 |
 Fiji
|
8.144 | 2015 |
 Finland
|
43.808 | 2021 |
 France
|
33.429 | 2021 |
 Gabon
|
4.768 | 2022 |
 Gambia
|
1.019 | 2021 |
 Georgia
|
56.129 | 2022 |
 Germany
|
45.181 | 2021 |
 Ghana
|
1.412 | 2022 |
 Greece
|
63.668 | 2021 |
 Grenada
|
13.136 | 2018 |
 Guatemala
|
12.802 | 2020 |
 Guinea
|
0.214 | 2022 |
 Guinea-Bissau
|
2.080 | 2022 |
 Guyana
|
14.049 | 2020 |
 Haiti
|
2.366 | 2018 |
 Honduras
|
4.893 | 2020 |
 Hungary
|
32.983 | 2021 |
 Iceland
|
45.240 | 2022 |
 India
|
7.265 | 2020 |
 Indonesia
|
6.896 | 2022 |
 Iran
|
15.138 | 2018 |
 Iraq
|
10.122 | 2022 |
 Ireland
|
40.622 | 2021 |
 Israel
|
37.129 | 2022 |
 Italy
|
42.484 | 2022 |
 Jamaica
|
5.498 | 2018 |
 Japan
|
26.141 | 2020 |
 Jordan
|
25.129 | 2019 |
 Kazakhstan
|
40.277 | 2020 |
 Kenya
|
1.021 | 2022 |
 Kiribati
|
1.942 | 2013 |
 Kuwait
|
22.934 | 2020 |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
21.453 | 2021 |
 Laos
|
3.265 | 2021 |
 Latvia
|
33.769 | 2021 |
 Lebanon
|
26.170 | 2019 |
 Lesotho
|
1.505 | 2022 |
 Liberia
|
1.799 | 2022 |
 Libya
|
21.568 | 2017 |
 Lithuania
|
51.274 | 2022 |
 Luxembourg
|
29.851 | 2017 |
 Madagascar
|
1.765 | 2014 |
 Malawi
|
0.488 | 2021 |
 Malaysia
|
23.159 | 2021 |
 Maldives
|
21.606 | 2019 |
 Mali
|
1.948 | 2022 |
 Malta
|
42.757 | 2021 |
 Marshall Islands
|
4.598 | 2012 |
 Mauritania
|
2.361 | 2022 |
 Mauritius
|
11.966 | 2022 |
 Mexico
|
25.594 | 2021 |
 Micronesia
|
9.634 | 2020 |
 Moldova
|
32.461 | 2021 |
 Monaco
|
88.889 | 2020 |
 Mongolia
|
38.742 | 2021 |
 Montenegro
|
27.524 | 2022 |
 Morocco
|
7.319 | 2017 |
 Mozambique
|
0.816 | 2022 |
 Myanmar
|
7.509 | 2019 |
 Namibia
|
5.430 | 2022 |
 Nauru
|
12.500 | 2015 |
 Nepal
|
8.674 | 2021 |
 Netherlands
|
39.061 | 2021 |
 New Zealand
|
35.738 | 2022 |
 Nicaragua
|
6.637 | 2018 |
 Niger
|
0.234 | 2022 |
 Nigeria
|
3.943 | 2022 |
 Niue
|
16.667 | 2008 |
 North Korea
|
36.709 | 2017 |
 North Macedonia
|
29.643 | 2020 |
 Norway
|
51.684 | 2021 |
 Oman
|
20.584 | 2022 |
 Pakistan
|
10.842 | 2019 |
 Palau
|
17.778 | 2020 |
 Palestine
|
21.677 | 2018 |
 Panama
|
17.340 | 2021 |
 Papua New Guinea
|
0.629 | 2021 |
 Paraguay
|
38.816 | 2022 |
 Peru
|
16.209 | 2022 |
 Philippines
|
7.862 | 2021 |
 Poland
|
33.908 | 2021 |
 Portugal
|
57.665 | 2021 |
 Qatar
|
24.986 | 2018 |
 Romania
|
34.713 | 2021 |
 Russia
|
38.271 | 2020 |
 Rwanda
|
1.162 | 2019 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
30.335 | 2018 |
 Saint Lucia
|
6.546 | 2017 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
9.436 | 2012 |
 South Korea
|
25.174 | 2021 |
 Samoa
|
5.484 | 2021 |
 San Marino
|
60.180 | 2014 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
4.893 | 2019 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
30.768 | 2022 |
 Senegal
|
1.264 | 2022 |
 Serbia
|
28.373 | 2021 |
 Seychelles
|
38.189 | 2022 |
 Sierra Leone
|
0.425 | 2022 |
 Singapore
|
25.960 | 2021 |
 Slovakia
|
36.800 | 2021 |
 Slovenia
|
33.259 | 2021 |
 Solomon Islands
|
1.911 | 2016 |
 Somalia
|
0.232 | 2014 |
 South Africa
|
8.085 | 2021 |
 South Sudan
|
0.430 | 2020 |
 Spain
|
44.799 | 2021 |
 Sri Lanka
|
11.924 | 2021 |
 Sudan
|
2.626 | 2017 |
 Suriname
|
14.780 | 2021 |
 Sweden
|
71.516 | 2021 |
 Switzerland
|
44.427 | 2021 |
 Syria
|
11.856 | 2016 |
 Tajikistan
|
21.330 | 2021 |
 Tanzania
|
1.327 | 2022 |
 Thailand
|
9.276 | 2020 |
 Timor-Leste
|
7.669 | 2020 |
 Togo
|
0.825 | 2022 |
 Tokelau
|
16.667 | 2021 |
 Tonga
|
10.094 | 2021 |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
41.934 | 2020 |
 Tunisia
|
12.916 | 2021 |
 Turkmenistan
|
21.435 | 2021 |
 Tuvalu
|
12.613 | 2020 |
 Turkey
|
21.654 | 2021 |
 Uganda
|
1.681 | 2022 |
 Ukraine
|
29.898 | 2014 |
 United Arab Emirates
|
29.117 | 2021 |
 United Kingdom
|
31.742 | 2022 |
 United States
|
36.082 | 2021 |
 Uruguay
|
46.295 | 2022 |
 Uzbekistan
|
28.047 | 2021 |
 Vanuatu
|
1.577 | 2019 |
 Venezuela
|
16.643 | 2017 |
 Vietnam
|
8.326 | 2016 |
 Yemen
|
2.936 | 2014 |
 Zambia
|
2.619 | 2022 |
 Zimbabwe
|
1.659 | 2022 |
Historical data
edit| Country | 2000–2009[2] | 2007–2013 [3] | 2020–2023[1] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size | Physicians per 10,000 people |
Physicians per 10,000 people |
Physicians per 10,000 people | |
| Australia
|
19612 | 10 | 32.7 | 41.02 |
| Austria
|
31175 | 38 | 48.3 | 54.6 |
| Azerbaijan
|
32388 | 38 | 34.0 | |
| Albania
|
3626 | 11 | 11.5 | 18.83 |
| Algeria
|
40857 | 12 | 12.1 | 17.2 |
| Angola
|
1165 | 1 | 1.7 | |
| Andorra
|
249 | 37 | 40.0 | |
| Argentina
|
122623 | 32 | 38.6 | 38.95 |
| Armenia
|
11090 | 37 | 27.0 | |
| Afghanistan
|
5970 | 2 | 2.7 | 2.54 |
| Bahamas
|
997 | 28.2 | 28.2 | |
| Bangladesh
|
42881 | 3 | 3.6 | 6.7 |
| Bahrain
|
2227 | 30 | 9.2 | |
| Belarus
|
46965 | 49 | 39.3 | |
| Belize
|
251 | 11 | 8.3 | |
| Belgium
|
44124 | 42 | 29.9 | 62.57 |
| Benin
|
542 | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Bulgaria
|
27911 | 37 | 38.7 | |
| Bolivia
|
10329 | 12 | 4.7 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
5540 | 14 | 19.3 | |
| Botswana
|
715 | 4 | 4 | |
| Brazil
|
320013 | 17 | 18.9 | 21.6 |
| Brunei
|
400 | 11 | 14.4 | 19.13 |
| Burkina Faso
|
921 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Burundi
|
200 | 0.5 | 8.55 | 0.65 |
| Bhutan
|
52 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 5.6 |
| North Macedonia
|
5187 | 25 | 26.2 | |
| Vanuatu
|
30 | 1 | 1.2 | |
| Hungary
|
27957 | 28 | 30.8 | 32.91 |
| Venezuela
|
48000 | 19 | 19 | 16.64 |
| Vietnam
|
44960 | 6 | 11.9 | |
| Gabon
|
395 | 3 | 3 | 5.94 |
| Guyana
|
366 | 5 | 2.1 | 14.05 |
| Gambia
|
62 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.77 |
| Ghana
|
2587 | 1 | 1 | 1.64 |
| Guatemala
|
13367 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 12.8 |
| Guinea
|
940 | 1 | 1 | |
| Guinea-Bissau
|
78 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| Germany
|
288182 | 35 | 38.9 | 42.5 |
| Honduras
|
3676 | 6 | 6 | 4.89 |
| Greece
|
59599 | 54 | 54 | 63.06 |
| Georgia
|
19951 | 45 | 42.7 | 71.2 |
| Denmark
|
17226 | 32 | 34.9 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
5827 | 1 | 1 | |
| Djibouti
|
140 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dominican Republic
|
15670 | 19 | 14.9 | |
| Egypt
|
179900 | 24 | 28.3 | 4.5 |
| Zambia
|
649 | 1 | 1.7 | 2.97 |
| Zimbabwe
|
2086 | 2 | 0.8 | 1.89 |
| Israel
|
25314 | 36 | 33.4 | 36.54 |
| India
|
643520 | 6 | 7 | 8.6 |
| Indonesia
|
204000 | 4.3 | ||
| Jordan
|
15279 | 26 | 25.6 | |
| Iraq
|
15994 | 5 | 6.1 | 7.1 |
| Iran
|
61870 | 9 | 9 | 15.8 |
| Ireland
|
13141 | 31 | 26.7 | 40.62 |
| Iceland
|
1120 | 38 | 34.8 | |
| Spain
|
163800 | 38 | 49.5 | 45.77 |
| Italy
|
215000 | 37 | 37.6 | 41.62 |
| Yemen
|
6739 | 3 | 2 | |
| Cape Verde
|
310 | 6 | 3.1 | |
| Kazakhstan
|
57387 | 39 | 36.2 | 40.28 |
| Cambodia
|
2047 | 2 | 1.7 | |
| Cameroon
|
3124 | 2 | 0.8 | 1.24 |
| Canada
|
62307 | 19 | 20.7 | 26.1 |
| Qatar
|
2313 | 28 | 77.4 | 24.9 |
| Kenya
|
4506 | 1 | 2 | 2.26 |
| Cyprus
|
1950 | 23 | 23.3 | 53.75 |
| Kiribati
|
20 | 2 | 3.8 | |
| China
|
1862630 | 14 | 14.9 | 19.8 |
| Colombia
|
58761 | 14 | 14.7 | 23.62 |
| Comoros
|
115 | 2 | 2 | |
| Republic of the Congo
|
401 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Korea
|
74597 | 33 | 33 | |
| Costa Rica
|
5204 | 13 | 11.1 | 27.7 |
| Ivory Coast
|
2746 | 1 | 1.4 | |
| Cuba
|
72416 | 64 | 67.2 | 84.2 |
| Kuwait
|
4840 | 18 | 17.9 | 22.93 |
| Kyrgyzstan
|
12395 | 23 | 19.7 | |
| Laos
|
2000 | 3 | 1.8 | 3.27 |
| Latvia
|
6940 | 30 | 35.8 | 33.45 |
| Lesotho
|
89 | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberia
|
51 | 0.5 | 0.1 | |
| Lebanon
|
11760 | 33 | 32 | |
| Libya
|
7070 | 12 | 19 | |
| Lithuania
|
13729 | 40 | 41.2 | 49.5 |
| Luxembourg
|
1326 | 29 | 29 | 30.1 |
| Mauritius
|
1303 | 11 | 11 | 26.58 |
| Mauritania
|
445 | 1 | 1.3 | |
| Madagascar
|
3150 | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Malawi
|
257 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.49 |
| Malaysia
|
17020 | 7 | 12 | 22.28 |
| Mali
|
1060 | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Maldives
|
302 | 9 | 14.2 | |
| Malta
|
1357 | 34 | 34.9 | 54.85 |
| Morocco
|
18269 | 6 | 6.2 | 7.3 |
| Marshall Islands
|
24 | 5 | 4.4 | |
| Mexico
|
303519 | 29 | 21 | 23.8 |
| Federated States of Micronesia
|
60 | 6 | 1.8 | 9.63 |
| Mozambique
|
548 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.81 |
| Monaco
|
270 | 71.7 | 71.7 | |
| Mongolia
|
6732 | 26 | 28.4 | |
| Myanmar
|
17791 | 4 | 6.1 | |
| Namibia
|
598 | 3 | 3.7 | |
| Nauru
|
10 | 8 | 7.1 | |
 Nepal
|
5384 | 2 | 2 | 8.67 |
| Niger
|
288 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.34 |
| Nigeria
|
55376 | 4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Netherlands
|
64417 | 39 | 39 | 38.36 |
| Nicaragua
|
2045 | 4 | 9 | |
| Niue
|
4 | 20 | 30 | |
| New Zealand
|
8190 | 21 | 27.4 | 35.16 |
| Norway
|
18143 | 39 | 42.8 | 51.68 |
| Tanzania
|
300 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
| United Arab Emirates
|
6946 | 15 | 25.3 | 28.79 |
| Oman
|
4908 | 18 | 24.3 | 19.94 |
| Cook Islands
|
20 | 12 | 12 | |
| Pakistan
|
127859 | 8 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
| Palau
|
30 | 16 | 13.8 | 17.78 |
| Panama
|
4431 | 15 | 16.5 | 16.29 |
| Papua New Guinea
|
275 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.63 |
| Paraguay
|
6355 | 11 | 12.3 | 32.42 |
| Peru
|
34437 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 16.46 |
| Poland
|
77479 | 20 | 22.2 | 37.17 |
| Portugal
|
36138 | 34 | 41 | 41.4 |
| South Korea
|
81998 | 17 | 21.4 | 25.08 |
| Moldova
|
11167 | 27 | 29.8 | 40.57 |
| Russia
|
614183 | 43 | 43 | 40.1 |
| Rwanda
|
221 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
| Romania
|
41455 | 19 | 24.5 | |
| El Salvador
|
7938 | 12 | 16 | 29.13 |
| Samoa
|
50 | 3 | 4.5 | 5.54 |
| San Marino
|
163 | 51.0 | 51 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe
|
81 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saudi Arabia
|
41870 | 16 | 24.9 | 27.6 |
| Eswatini
|
171 | 2 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Seychelles
|
121 | 15 | 10.7 | |
| Senegal
|
741 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.84 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
89 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
46 | 11 | 11 | |
| Saint Lucia
|
18 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |
| Serbia
|
20013 | 20 | 21.1 | |
| Singapore
|
6380 | 15 | 19.5 | |
| Syria
|
10342 | 5 | 14.6 | |
| Slovakia
|
16868 | 31 | 33.2 | 46.29 |
| Slovenia
|
4766 | 24 | 25.2 | 32.79 |
| United Kingdom
|
126126 | 21 | 28.1 | 31.71 |
| United States
|
793648 | 27 | 24.5 | 26.1 |
| Solomon Islands
|
60 | 1 | 2.2 | |
| Somalia
|
300 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Sudan
|
11083 | 3 | 2.8 | |
| Suriname
|
191 | 5 | 5 | |
| Sierra Leone
|
95 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Tajikistan
|
13267 | 20 | 19.2 | |
| Thailand
|
18987 | 3 | 3.9 | 9.28 |
| Timor-Leste
|
79 | 1 | 0.7 | 7.67 |
| Togo
|
349 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.59 |
| Tonga
|
30 | 3 | 5.6 | 10.09 |
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
1543 | 12 | 11.8 | 34.12 |
| Tuvalu
|
10 | 9 | 10.9 | 12.61 |
| Tunisia
|
13330 | 13 | 12.2 | |
| Turkmenistan
|
12104 | 24 | 24 | |
| Turkey
|
110482 | 15 | 17.1 | 18.5 |
| Uganda
|
3361 | 1 | 1 | 1.58 |
| Uzbekistan
|
71627 | 26 | 25.3 | |
| Ukraine
|
143728 | 31 | 35.4 | |
| Uruguay
|
12384 | 37 | 37.4 | 62 |
| Fiji
|
380 | 5 | 4.3 | |
| Philippines
|
90370 | 12 | 12 | 7.83 |
| Finland
|
17503 | 33 | 29.1 | 43.25 |
| France
|
227683 | 37 | 31.9 | 32.7 |
| Croatia
|
11799 | 26 | 28.4 | |
| Central African Republic
|
331 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Chad
|
345 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Montenegro
|
1233 | 20 | 21.1 | 27.68 |
| Czech Republic
|
36815 | 36 | 36.2 | 54.69 |
| Chile
|
17250 | 11 | 17.8 | 29.73 |
 Switzerland
|
28812 | 40 | 40.5 | 43 |
| Sweden
|
32495 | 36 | 39.3 | 70.62 |
| Sri Lanka
|
10479 | 6 | 6.8 | 11.92 |
| Ecuador
|
18335 | 15 | 17.2 | |
| Equatorial Guinea
|
153 | 3 | 3 | |
| Eritrea
|
215 | 1 | 1 | 0.82 |
| Estonia
|
4414 | 33 | 32.4 | 38.63 |
| Ethiopia
|
1806 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.04 |
| South Africa
|
34829 | 8 | 7.8 | 8.09 |
| Jamaica
|
2253 | 9 | 4.1 | |
| Japan
|
270371 | 21 | 23 | 24.1 |
References
edit- ^ a b WHO, GHO (2023-01-12). "Medical doctors (per 10 000 population)". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "WHO 2010" (PDF).
- ^ "WHO 2015" (PDF).
- "WHO 2020" (PDF). p. 62. Retrieved 2020-12-26.